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they did find a taliban and decisions-in a melon patch. -- a taliban munitions patch they were sniping at the soldiers operation we joined. the afghan forces lacked much and british officers say privately they are -- there is still a big problem with corruption. nato's deployment has peaked. the question now is will the afghans be able to do the job of the british soldiers have been doing as they start to leave? >> that is the question indeed. on the ground, the fighting continues. in washington, three american senators, three -- two democrats and one republican pended op-ed in the "new york times" which called for a more rapid withdrawal of all american combat troops. tom udall is among those arguing the case. thank you for joining me. you criticize president obama for not bringing back american troops fast enough from afghanistan. what would you like him to do? >> the thing we have to realize is the thing we went in with objectives. those objectives were displacing a government that was harboring terrorists. terrorist camps, al qaeda was hooked up with them, and osama bin laden was i
they did find a taliban and decisions-in a melon patch. -- a taliban munitions patch they were sniping at the soldiers operation we joined. the afghan forces lacked much and british officers say privately they are -- there is still a big problem with corruption. nato's deployment has peaked. the question now is will the afghans be able to do the job of the british soldiers have been doing as they start to leave? >> that is the question indeed. on the ground, the fighting continues. in...
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. >> 30 americans died saturday when taliban insurgent fired rocket-propelled grenade at the chinook helicopters. top military commanderers say it's not a sign of taliban gaining strength, just unfortunate lucky shot. >> the taliban were able to set up an ambush and fire on the helicopter as it came in the landing zone. in a time when the helicopter is most vulnerable, slow, predictable. and greatly increases the chances of taliban knocking the helicopter down. >> most of those who died were member of the seal team six, the unit that conducted the raid that killed osama bin laden at the hide-out in pakistan. none of the seals killed in the crash took part in that mission. >> tea were far from -- they were far from home, doing what they wanted to do. >> arrivals at dover are open to media coverage when family of the fallen give their approval. but today's will not be, because the bodies of the seals, soldiers and airman have not been properly identified. steven portnoy, abc news, dover. >>> ed lee is out campaigning for second day today as official candidate as mayor. he took heat las
. >> 30 americans died saturday when taliban insurgent fired rocket-propelled grenade at the chinook helicopters. top military commanderers say it's not a sign of taliban gaining strength, just unfortunate lucky shot. >> the taliban were able to set up an ambush and fire on the helicopter as it came in the landing zone. in a time when the helicopter is most vulnerable, slow, predictable. and greatly increases the chances of taliban knocking the helicopter down. >> most of...
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. >> 30 americans died saturday when taliban insurgent fired rocket-propelled grenade at the chinook helicopters. top military commanderers say it's not a sign of taliban gaining strength, just unfortunate lucky shot. >> the taliban were able to set up an ambush and fire on the helicopter as it came in the landing zone. in a time when the helicopter is most vulnerable, slow, predictable. and greatly increases the chances of taliban knocking the helicopter down. >> most of those who died were member of the seal team six, the unit that conducted the raid that killed osama bin laden at the hide-out in pakistan. none of the seals killed in the crash took part in that mission. >> tea were far from -- they were far from home, doing what they wanted to do. >> arrivals at dover are open to media coverage when family of the fallen give their approval. but today's will not be, because the bodies of the seals, soldiers and airman have not been properly identified. steven portnoy, abc news, dover. >>> ed lee is out campaigning for second day today as official candidate as mayor. he took heat las
. >> 30 americans died saturday when taliban insurgent fired rocket-propelled grenade at the chinook helicopters. top military commanderers say it's not a sign of taliban gaining strength, just unfortunate lucky shot. >> the taliban were able to set up an ambush and fire on the helicopter as it came in the landing zone. in a time when the helicopter is most vulnerable, slow, predictable. and greatly increases the chances of taliban knocking the helicopter down. >> most of...
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they did find a taliban and decisions-in a melon patch. -- a taliban munitions patch they were sniping at the soldiers operation we joined. the afghan forces lacked much and british officers say privately they are -- there is still a big problem with corruption. nato's deployment has peaked. the question now is will the afghans be able to do the job of the british soldiers have been doing as they start to leave? >> that is the question indeed. on the ground, the fighting continues. in washington, three american senators, three -- two democrats and one republican pended op-ed in the "new york times" which called for a more rapid withdrawal of all american combat troops. tom udall is among those arguing the case. thank you for joining me. you criticize president obama for not bringing back american troops fast enough from afghanistan. what would you like him to do? >> the thing we have to realize is the thing we went in with objectives. those objectives were displacing a government that was harboring terrorists. terrorist camps, al qaeda was hooked up with them, and osama bin laden was i
they did find a taliban and decisions-in a melon patch. -- a taliban munitions patch they were sniping at the soldiers operation we joined. the afghan forces lacked much and british officers say privately they are -- there is still a big problem with corruption. nato's deployment has peaked. the question now is will the afghans be able to do the job of the british soldiers have been doing as they start to leave? >> that is the question indeed. on the ground, the fighting continues. in...
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local citizens on how to contact that taliban is disputed the claim and said that taliban members were killed in the airstrike the shooter was not one of them but we do have to raise a few questions here you have to wonder how the hell we know who this one guy is who shot down the plane especially since the military hasn't yet determined what exactly is the helicopter he said plane but the military hasn't yet determined what brought this helicopter down the general john allen who is now in command of afghanistan so that he believes it was a single rocket propelled grenade but they don't know with any certainty yet so again how do they expect us to believe with certainty that they know who this one guy was that means we need to take a good hard look at the military's attempts to spin this war to discuss this with me is jim hansen retired special operations master sergeant and military blogger at black net. gen thanks for being here tonight are you with me here are you with me that it's a little bit hard to believe if they don't even know right they haven't even concluded the investigati
local citizens on how to contact that taliban is disputed the claim and said that taliban members were killed in the airstrike the shooter was not one of them but we do have to raise a few questions here you have to wonder how the hell we know who this one guy is who shot down the plane especially since the military hasn't yet determined what exactly is the helicopter he said plane but the military hasn't yet determined what brought this helicopter down the general john allen who is now in...
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at the time, the command thought that the people surrounding the tankers were taliban fighters. it later turned out that they were civilians. 80 died in the strike including women and children. >> the air strike was called in by a german colonel. a fatal error. they said that the officer had too little information to make the call. >> he violated the rules. most importantly, he failed to inform his superiors even though he had time to. he did not wake of the legal adviser. >> listed not stop with the bombardment according to the report but it carried on. the defense minister claimed no civilians had been killed, though there was evidence of up to 80 victims. the chancellor should be held accountable, said members of the green party. >> the chancellor withdrew from her governing responsibility by allowing the defense minister to provide false information. >> the opposition also faults the coalition for failing to draw the consequences. there is one thing that all parties agree on and the cost of the political spectrum. this was a watershed. this change the perceptions of the afgh
at the time, the command thought that the people surrounding the tankers were taliban fighters. it later turned out that they were civilians. 80 died in the strike including women and children. >> the air strike was called in by a german colonel. a fatal error. they said that the officer had too little information to make the call. >> he violated the rules. most importantly, he failed to inform his superiors even though he had time to. he did not wake of the legal adviser. >>...
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that the increased military activity against the taliban has definitely made them pay a very heavy price. i would have it as my assessment that it is likely to push them towards a negotiated arrangement with the afghan government. the second point i would make if you cannot kill your way out of an insurgency. there has to be a political settlement at the end of the day. >> you have your conditions, they have theirs, and one of theirs is that you and all the other four groups have to leave afghanistan. is that a possibility? >> i do not think that is the way it will worke. >>> since the beginning of this year, the supple. the social uprisings collectively known as the arab spring have spread, and the processes have encouraged ordinary citizens to challenge authority. we have this report from one country where few people expected it to spread. >> hundreds of thousands of protesters on the streets of a middle eastern city, demanding change, fed up with the ruling elite and say their government is no longer listening to its people. this is not egypt, tunisia, or libya. this is israel. like t
that the increased military activity against the taliban has definitely made them pay a very heavy price. i would have it as my assessment that it is likely to push them towards a negotiated arrangement with the afghan government. the second point i would make if you cannot kill your way out of an insurgency. there has to be a political settlement at the end of the day. >> you have your conditions, they have theirs, and one of theirs is that you and all the other four groups have to leave...
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says international forces have killed the taliban insurgents responsible for shooting down a u.s. helicopter over the weekend. american and afghan forces died in the crash on saturday. the statement says there were multiple intelligence leads and tips from local citizens about the identity of those who shot down the chinook. >> the final homecoming. military transport plane touches down at dover air force base. most of them were elite special forces. a sobering moment for the commander in chief who would spend more than an hour in private with grieving families. together, it was the single list -- it was the single biggest loss of life in america's longest war. the crash site was sealed off as the wreckage was retrieved. today the americans midpoint -- made a point that those responsible have themselves been killed. >> coalition forces killed the taliban insurgents responsible for the attack against the helicopter. it was an rpg round. this does not ease our loss, but we must and we will continue to recklessly -- to relentlessly pursue the enemy. >> the general said that two insur
says international forces have killed the taliban insurgents responsible for shooting down a u.s. helicopter over the weekend. american and afghan forces died in the crash on saturday. the statement says there were multiple intelligence leads and tips from local citizens about the identity of those who shot down the chinook. >> the final homecoming. military transport plane touches down at dover air force base. most of them were elite special forces. a sobering moment for the commander in...
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the taliban has grown as a result of the u.s. presence in the southern afghanistan you get accent of pain you know how the pounds of us choose from that country to preach security. just imagine this piece is about four and a half billion years old what your. space is wrong but is it cosmic passionate pursuit of profit week spooled one line winds in the right feet that it's spreading in central russia. well turning from countries cools and trouble for the european union to others still hoping to join it so it is expecting progress on its integration bit following the arrest of suspect gordon had it that had remained and he had little to membership still in need clearing how to be extradited to the hague on today arafat reports now from the sapping capital. whilst the government is very much to the west the public opinion actually does this quite significantly now the last time i was in both grade at the end of last year i spoke to the deputy prime minister head i asked him why there's still such a government drive to this membersh
the taliban has grown as a result of the u.s. presence in the southern afghanistan you get accent of pain you know how the pounds of us choose from that country to preach security. just imagine this piece is about four and a half billion years old what your. space is wrong but is it cosmic passionate pursuit of profit week spooled one line winds in the right feet that it's spreading in central russia. well turning from countries cools and trouble for the european union to others still hoping to...
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, the taliban who were giving them sanctuary. it has been a national holiday here in afghanistan. many, critic of the those in the south of the country are not aware of -- particularly those in the south of the contract not aware of the 9/11 attacks and they wonder why the u.s. is here. but almost massoud -- ahman and masood's picture is all over. >> we are back in new york and talking all about the run-up to the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. we know about the famous role that the police and fire fighters played in helping to rescue people on september 11. but what about the captain's? thousands of people tried to escape from lower manhattan by boat. we talk to one c. capt. who was part of that effort. -- sea captain who was part of that effort. >> it looks pretty much how i was 10 years ago when patrick harris was aboard his beloved yacht. but then a call came from the harbor master that he had never heard before. his pleasure craft was to become a rescue vessel. >> i have very rarely heard that message and that was the
, the taliban who were giving them sanctuary. it has been a national holiday here in afghanistan. many, critic of the those in the south of the country are not aware of -- particularly those in the south of the contract not aware of the 9/11 attacks and they wonder why the u.s. is here. but almost massoud -- ahman and masood's picture is all over. >> we are back in new york and talking all about the run-up to the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. we know about the famous role that the...
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battleground against taliban insurgents it comes a day after and i'd support him shot dead for afghan forces police officer is reportedly mistaken there miller says in the district of kandahar the death rate the number of foreign service personnel killed this month and no fifty one. next the business with. the banks of us alone welcome to business updates on our global markets are continuing to suffer from the high volatility after opening strongly in europe and russia the now falling quickly with a red numbers across the board and that's in the wake of heavy selling on wall street overnight with both the dow jones and nasdaq losing more than four percent to discuss what's going on i'm joined by tobias black. capital markets slow to tobias can you give us a sense of the mood on the market i mean we're seeing four to six percent in the red in a day not just one instance how close the panic is it. we're pretty close actually and i think we are already in a kind of more since about two weeks because equity markets lost enormously there's a brutal price action going on in markets right no
battleground against taliban insurgents it comes a day after and i'd support him shot dead for afghan forces police officer is reportedly mistaken there miller says in the district of kandahar the death rate the number of foreign service personnel killed this month and no fifty one. next the business with. the banks of us alone welcome to business updates on our global markets are continuing to suffer from the high volatility after opening strongly in europe and russia the now falling quickly...
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the taliban has grown as a result of continued u.s. presence in the southern afghanistan and we get eggs about opinion on how the pullout of u.s. troops on the country couldn't bring security there. just imagine this piece is about four and a half billion years old not the earth. space or wrongs but is it cosmic passion or busy to profit we explore what lies behind the need to write fever that's spreading in central russia. while turning from countries causing trouble for the european union to others still have to join it so he is expecting a progress on its ear you integration is following the arrest of crime suspect goran hardage but harper made the key hurdles membership is still needed clearing out it may be extradited to the hague on saturday r.t. sara first reports south of the serbian capital belgrade. the governments very much looks to the west the public opinion actually does this quite significantly now the last time i was in belgrade at the end of last year i spoke to the deputy prime minister head i asked him why there's st
the taliban has grown as a result of continued u.s. presence in the southern afghanistan and we get eggs about opinion on how the pullout of u.s. troops on the country couldn't bring security there. just imagine this piece is about four and a half billion years old not the earth. space or wrongs but is it cosmic passion or busy to profit we explore what lies behind the need to write fever that's spreading in central russia. while turning from countries causing trouble for the european union to...
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run base in the east of the country killed two local guards the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. it's clear that over six hundred tons of oil could spill from the ruptured shell pipeline in the north sea off scotland that's of diverse fail to plug the leaking valve more than two hundred tons of oil have already poured into the sea in what is britain's worst spill in a decade shell has a range contingencies if the worst happens but green groups say damage has already been done and will take years to repair. up next it's the business news with to me to stay with us. thanks and learn welcome to the business update on r.t. while the crowds at the moscow and showed look skyward on the ground more deals are being made a new joint venture has been announced between russia's ross technology and french aerospace company the zero suffer i'm told business tsotsi the multi million euros starts up will work on states of the ought not to get action systems you have very few. countries into it. must be. extremely curious. to know your secret. weapon. very. weak only. able to be good. fo
run base in the east of the country killed two local guards the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. it's clear that over six hundred tons of oil could spill from the ruptured shell pipeline in the north sea off scotland that's of diverse fail to plug the leaking valve more than two hundred tons of oil have already poured into the sea in what is britain's worst spill in a decade shell has a range contingencies if the worst happens but green groups say damage has already been done and...
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the taliban has grown as a result of continued u.s. presence in the southern afghanistan so by the u.s. leaving you're going to see the taliban basically not want to fight as much because their base to be fighting is afghans you're going to see an afghan peace process take place because afghans generally speaking don't want to silly fight with each other they just simply want to live in coexist for the most part now as the taliban comes into the peace process comes into the afghan government the taliban will begin to reconcile itself with the population and become more congenial simply because it has to if it wants to be. taken seriously by the population generally speaking the afghans are better off with governing themselves without the united states or the coalition forces providing security for them because as we've seen we have unintentionally killed a lot of people and i think that we would be foolish to sit here and think that the u.s. is leaving we're not leaving there will be permanent u.s. involvement in nato involvement for a
the taliban has grown as a result of continued u.s. presence in the southern afghanistan so by the u.s. leaving you're going to see the taliban basically not want to fight as much because their base to be fighting is afghans you're going to see an afghan peace process take place because afghans generally speaking don't want to silly fight with each other they just simply want to live in coexist for the most part now as the taliban comes into the peace process comes into the afghan government...
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and nato forces as a recent airstrike took out taliban militants responsible for shooting down the u.s. helicopter. he also revealed that most of the elite navy seals killed during the mission were called in as back up after the taliban leaders troops were fighting began to retreat. >> this was a singular incident and a broader conflict in which we are making important strides. >> tuesday, the press and flew to dover air force base to pay his respects as the remains of those are arrived and met with their family members. belated incident has intensified the political and public debate on how long the u.s. should stay in afghanistan and an investigation into the crash is now under way. >> and the race for the white house, all eyes are now on i would. gop hopefuls are preparing for debate there tomorrow. the straw polls are on saturday. iowa republican front-runner michele bachmann appeared at a plant to date. auto polls put her a few points ahead of mitt romney. pundits predict it is do or die for tim pawlenty. >> president obama had something to say as she had listed days of the pop in
and nato forces as a recent airstrike took out taliban militants responsible for shooting down the u.s. helicopter. he also revealed that most of the elite navy seals killed during the mission were called in as back up after the taliban leaders troops were fighting began to retreat. >> this was a singular incident and a broader conflict in which we are making important strides. >> tuesday, the press and flew to dover air force base to pay his respects as the remains of those are...
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an operation against the taliban. the northeastern province. >> the afghan police are on the offensive. half an hour from here, the taliban territory begins. they plan to take it back. the aim is not just to kill the insurgents. it is too diffuse and attack, to get into change sides. two taliban commanders come to negotiate. they lead just a few dozen men, but they meet the general in charge. they joined the taliban, they say, to fight a corrupt local officials. now, they tell the general exactly where the other taliban fighters are located. it seems the almost casual act of betrayal, but these are not ideological taliban. the police hope that others will make the same calculation. if you do not do a deal, this is what happens. the fighting is village by village. just a handful of taliban in each. this is the first. we are at the police for position overlooking the village. the taliban are holding out. down below, there is a german mine clearance team. this is an afghan fight, and that is exactly what the internationa
an operation against the taliban. the northeastern province. >> the afghan police are on the offensive. half an hour from here, the taliban territory begins. they plan to take it back. the aim is not just to kill the insurgents. it is too diffuse and attack, to get into change sides. two taliban commanders come to negotiate. they lead just a few dozen men, but they meet the general in charge. they joined the taliban, they say, to fight a corrupt local officials. now, they tell the general...
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true true to the taliban in the beginning ten years ago they went there to remove taliban from power. to destroy it and for structure and now it is you know there are thrown but whole and they are talking to taliban and they want to have an owner of an exit from afghanistan. or they are losing seven billion dollars a month the same thing you got you know now iraq is a completely different story there is none of that democracy in iraq is very vulnerable democracy do you think the rebels basically sold off oil when they accepted rest and military support definitely need to have. played a major role in the success of that airport to capture most of the cities of leaving your violence kill our people so. presumably there was a deal struck between that and levy and it will have that many times. and france in particular we know that nato is not a charitable organization we know and france there are looking for contacts for ordering we are looking for a business in libya is destroyed completely undercut their footage and there is no infrastructure at all so i believe that leaving a cake is v
true true to the taliban in the beginning ten years ago they went there to remove taliban from power. to destroy it and for structure and now it is you know there are thrown but whole and they are talking to taliban and they want to have an owner of an exit from afghanistan. or they are losing seven billion dollars a month the same thing you got you know now iraq is a completely different story there is none of that democracy in iraq is very vulnerable democracy do you think the rebels...
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have claimed responsibility for this but it's not clear that the taliban are responsible it could very easily be a power struggle i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate their force someone would have had a different reason perhaps pakistan perhaps the taliban to stop this we don't know yet who is responsible because they killed the person who had all the information. that was our journalist jerry van dyke that committing all the killing of the afghan president's half brother. several of moscow streets are impassable right now but not because of the notorious traffic jams they've been sealed off to temporarily become the realm of the fast and the furious the annual moscow city racing show is that full throttle in a four wheel frenzy that seeing drivers pushing the pedal to the metal and outdoing each other tv's top gear team were there to kick it all off rather push it all off to look at this person as unlucky ness on plunging seventy eight meters at the end of a bungee and t
have claimed responsibility for this but it's not clear that the taliban are responsible it could very easily be a power struggle i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate their force someone would have had a different reason perhaps pakistan perhaps the taliban to stop this we don't know yet who is responsible because they killed the person who had all the information. that was our...
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i basically lived there from the time that the taliban fell up through the end of 2005. so i've lived there for long periods of time and spent a great deal of time there. as i mentioned earlier, pakistan is a larger, more sophisticated, you know, more structured country. and actually, i mean, i wouldn't agree that america has been trying to change pakistan or influence pakistan. nowhere near to the degree that it's had a mission to try to help afghanistan sort of rebuild itself after this long period of war and conflict. there were those who said we shouldn't be nation building, we're only going after osama and all that, but essentially, the mission there has been for the past almost 10 years to build and hopefully influence that country. pakistan, unlike afghanistan, because it's so big and has such a large and old establishment, is very, very sensitive about foreign intervention and foreign influence. for example, no military bases, foreign military bases are there. no foreign military troops are there. there are very few americans in pakistan, very few, very few weste
i basically lived there from the time that the taliban fell up through the end of 2005. so i've lived there for long periods of time and spent a great deal of time there. as i mentioned earlier, pakistan is a larger, more sophisticated, you know, more structured country. and actually, i mean, i wouldn't agree that america has been trying to change pakistan or influence pakistan. nowhere near to the degree that it's had a mission to try to help afghanistan sort of rebuild itself after this long...
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next the taliban claimed responsibility for the assassination of the afghan president's senior adviser in the capital kabul along with one of the country's m.p.'s local security forces say they've already killed the militants who carried out the attack or those murders come less than a week after how many cars i was half brother around the country was gunned down the taliban's stepping up its assault on afghan officials right now just as name. combat troops begin to withdraw indeed on sunday the alliance handed over control of the first of seven designated areas to local forces with more on the situation unfolding in afghanistan let's talk to on the war. here brian very good evening chief thanks for being an r.t. international these latest attacks on senior official show that the taliban is still a substantial force to be reckoned with without the mind of nato forces doing the right thing by withdrawing now. well the nato forces are facing. a dilemma they're on the horns of a dilemma they can't win by staying in fact their presence is becoming the main catalyst for the armed insurgency
next the taliban claimed responsibility for the assassination of the afghan president's senior adviser in the capital kabul along with one of the country's m.p.'s local security forces say they've already killed the militants who carried out the attack or those murders come less than a week after how many cars i was half brother around the country was gunned down the taliban's stepping up its assault on afghan officials right now just as name. combat troops begin to withdraw indeed on sunday...
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that is certainly seen as a victory by the taliban. >> you know the discussions the taliban are having. what is the best way to join more of them to join the political process within the timeframe that nato forces will remain? how do we pull more of them into the political process? >> i think their are two ways. one is to defeat them on the battlefield. in areas where nato and afghan forces are fighting them, including local forces, did defeat them on the battlefield. we have seen them willing to -- to defeat them on the battlefield. we have seen them willing to reintegrate in those areas. secondly, more broadly, put more pressure on pakistan, the biggest outside government supporter of the taliban. if they were to suddenly decide they wanted to cut a deal, that would put pressure on the taliban. unfortunately, we are not seeing across-the-board big three in all locations, nor we seeing pakistan put pressure on them -- a cross-led dashboard victory -- across-the-board- victory in all locations, nor are we seeing pakistan put pressure on them. we're seeing the taliban lose ground in the
that is certainly seen as a victory by the taliban. >> you know the discussions the taliban are having. what is the best way to join more of them to join the political process within the timeframe that nato forces will remain? how do we pull more of them into the political process? >> i think their are two ways. one is to defeat them on the battlefield. in areas where nato and afghan forces are fighting them, including local forces, did defeat them on the battlefield. we have seen...
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in afghanistan, the taliban remains strong. in october, british troops withdrew from the marines by a quarter of their numbers. their mission is to protect a road against insurgents. caroline went out with them and sent this report. >> this checkpoint translates as -- the last village. it feels very far from anywhere. this remains hostile territory, where the taliban is still very much in evidence . on the building that you can see over there, probably the closest taliban firing point. soldiers have been fired upon while guarding the checkpoint, but also while out on patrol. to the soldiers here, they feel vulnerable. most of them in a 20's. >> we feel protected in the vehicles. on foot, slightly more dangerous. >> some have had a miraculous escapes, but several in this unit have been seriously injured in firefights and by roadside bombs. >> i have got a wife and daughter. i tend not to tell them much. the less they know, the better. >> spending christmas in this remote spot, as much as they can, away from family and friends. >
in afghanistan, the taliban remains strong. in october, british troops withdrew from the marines by a quarter of their numbers. their mission is to protect a road against insurgents. caroline went out with them and sent this report. >> this checkpoint translates as -- the last village. it feels very far from anywhere. this remains hostile territory, where the taliban is still very much in evidence . on the building that you can see over there, probably the closest taliban firing point....
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i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate they killed the person who had all the information we do know that there's a power vacuum throughout all of southern afghanistan he who holds kandahar holds that country because in the one nine hundred eighty s. when i worked as a newspaper reporter in afghanistan there were negotiations between the mujahideen the united states the soviet union pakistan pakistan does not want to watch from the sidelines when pakistan says that there should be direct negotiations between the united states and the taliban what it is also saying is that pakistan wants to be at the table also because don't forget most of your viewers know this the leadership of the taliban is not enough gana stand like al-qaeda it is in pakistan it cannot operate there independently it has to have institutional backing and a struggle for a land rights in israel there is one place that still are now go area fifty years ago it was a thriving palestinian community but they were dr
i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate they killed the person who had all the information we do know that there's a power vacuum throughout all of southern afghanistan he who holds kandahar holds that country because in the one nine hundred eighty s. when i worked as a newspaper reporter in afghanistan there were negotiations between the mujahideen the united states the soviet union...
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on the back food tackling the taliban. libya's rebels have become the legitimate power holders in the country in the eyes of more nations after the u.s. and more than thirty other countries recognize them on friday at a diplomatic meeting in a stamboul the alliance of western and arab nations working on the crisis announced it would deal with the opposition until an enter a must already is in place the recognition by the contact group also gives the rebels access to billions of dollars of gadhafi is frozen assets in u.s. banks but political commentator ted rall says the money and status won't change the situation on the ground. that this is really a radical shift from an international standpoint the united states usually doesn't extend diplomatic recognition to it a regime that is not in the counting all that isn't an hour and doesn't even seem likely to be able to achieve power any time soon but you can look at the situation in afghanistan during the one nine hundred ninety six to two thousand and one civil conflict there
on the back food tackling the taliban. libya's rebels have become the legitimate power holders in the country in the eyes of more nations after the u.s. and more than thirty other countries recognize them on friday at a diplomatic meeting in a stamboul the alliance of western and arab nations working on the crisis announced it would deal with the opposition until an enter a must already is in place the recognition by the contact group also gives the rebels access to billions of dollars of...
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on intact like the taliban. the clock is ticking for america's rival politicians to agree on the next move in sorting out its soaring dat congress needs to raise the current fourteen point three trillion dollars debt ceiling to avoid defaulting and president obama wants parties to nor they are differences to. avert armageddon the leading credit rating agencies are already threatening to downgrade america's triple a credit score for the first time in over ten years they say there is a risk the u.s. could fail to resolve the deadlock quickly or effectively economists dr roger of on hand more says american politicians can't comprehend solutions to the deficit. there's a personality conflict between the majority leader and the president which is quite unique and this has been taken into the public eye when you have discussion once that happens and trust is lost between leaders it's far more difficult to secure an agreement behind the scenes if you cut spending you're going to also impede economic growth because the
on intact like the taliban. the clock is ticking for america's rival politicians to agree on the next move in sorting out its soaring dat congress needs to raise the current fourteen point three trillion dollars debt ceiling to avoid defaulting and president obama wants parties to nor they are differences to. avert armageddon the leading credit rating agencies are already threatening to downgrade america's triple a credit score for the first time in over ten years they say there is a risk the...
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police officers heading to work no one's yet claimed responsibility peshawar lies near areas where taliban and al qaeda militants operate there have been numerous bomb attacks mainly aimed at security forces. the u.s. is putting more pressure on the syrian government by imposing sanctions on its main bank and mobile phone operator the measure comes after eighteen people reportedly killed in homes in continued crackdown on the opposition activists say the army used tanks and fired guns on protesters on wednesday more than seven hundred people have been killed since the government uprisings began in march. and senior republican official in the u.s. has requested an inquiry into claims the white house leaked classified information regarding the killing of osama bin laden to hollywood filmmakers peter king side of report implying the secrets were revealed in an attempt to improve president obama's chances in the twenty twelve election barack obama's approval rating had plunged in the wake of america's financial crisis and soaring unemployment the killing of the man behind the nine eleven terro
police officers heading to work no one's yet claimed responsibility peshawar lies near areas where taliban and al qaeda militants operate there have been numerous bomb attacks mainly aimed at security forces. the u.s. is putting more pressure on the syrian government by imposing sanctions on its main bank and mobile phone operator the measure comes after eighteen people reportedly killed in homes in continued crackdown on the opposition activists say the army used tanks and fired guns on...
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. >> still to come -- taking on the taliban. less than a week after 38 service members were killed in afghanistan, the u.s. commander there says those responsible have been hunted down. the libyan government has accused nato of killing 85 civilians in an air raid on the west side of the country. our correspondent was among journalists taken by the government to see destroyed buildings east of the capitol, tripoli. e-mail find some of these images disturbing. -- you may find some of these images disturbing. >> under the fierce summer sun, they came to bury their dead. civilians, they told us, more than 20 in all at this mass funeral. the anger against nato was clear. at the side of the -- at the site of the hairs for itself, they were recovering the bodies, they told us, of 10 children. it is hard to know if nato did strike this area, exactly what the strategic value was. the libyan government is telling us there was no strategic value here, that it was purely a civilian target. >> data says it struck a site -- nato says is for t
. >> still to come -- taking on the taliban. less than a week after 38 service members were killed in afghanistan, the u.s. commander there says those responsible have been hunted down. the libyan government has accused nato of killing 85 civilians in an air raid on the west side of the country. our correspondent was among journalists taken by the government to see destroyed buildings east of the capitol, tripoli. e-mail find some of these images disturbing. -- you may find some of these...
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the taliban has grown as a result of continued u.s. presence in southern afghanistan so by us leaving you're going to see the taliban basically not want to find as much because they're basically fighting it's afghans you're going to see an afghan peace process take place because afghans generally speaking don't want to fight with each other they just simply want to live in coexist for the most part but i think that generally speaking the afghans are better off. governing themselves without united states because she course has provided security for them because as we've seen we unintentionally killed a lot of people so if afghans are killing afghan doubt it's better off. nato. and i think we would be foolish to sit here and think that the us is leaving we're not leaving there will be a minute u.s. involvement in nato involvement for a long time. look at some other international headlines the u.s. has announced it will send humanitarian aid to famine hit somalia regions controlled by al qaeda affiliated terrorists groups if assured that
the taliban has grown as a result of continued u.s. presence in southern afghanistan so by us leaving you're going to see the taliban basically not want to find as much because they're basically fighting it's afghans you're going to see an afghan peace process take place because afghans generally speaking don't want to fight with each other they just simply want to live in coexist for the most part but i think that generally speaking the afghans are better off. governing themselves without...
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the taliban has grown as a result of continued u.s. presence in the southern afghanistan so by the u.s. leaving you're going to see the taliban basically not want to fight as much because they're going to be fighting it out of cancer to see an afghan peace process take place because afghans generally speaking don't want to do is fight with each other they just simply want to live in coexist for the most part and i think that generally speaking the afghans are better off with governing themselves without the united states of caution forces providing security for them because as we've seen we have unintentionally killed a lot of people so it's afghans are going out against that that's better off the united states or nato killing afghans and i think we would be foolish to sit here and think that the u.s. is leaving we're not leaving there will be permanent u.s. involvement in a dog and god mode for a long time. now we focus on the international headlines this hour and the u.s. will terry in a famine his malia if assure the deliveries thro
the taliban has grown as a result of continued u.s. presence in the southern afghanistan so by the u.s. leaving you're going to see the taliban basically not want to fight as much because they're going to be fighting it out of cancer to see an afghan peace process take place because afghans generally speaking don't want to do is fight with each other they just simply want to live in coexist for the most part and i think that generally speaking the afghans are better off with governing...
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policies rather than afghan policy he said so this is a very big coup for the taliban they will have to deal with. with his hard line for a while. and the struggle for land rights in israel there is one place that's still a no go area fifty years ago it was a thriving palestinian community but it was driven out and now israel's eyeing it up as a luxury getaway artie's policy or has the story. this old in the mountains of jerusalem of the remains of a once bustling out community only the memories of those who once lived here have survived intact i feel it's heavy to come back and to be. my privilege. to see the hobson's this rain also due to. my pride that. your coup de graff among the cacti and fit trees but in one nine hundred forty eight just before the state of israel was declared his family evacuated unlike the hundreds of arab villages that disappeared in forty eight and sixty seven most of the original houses of lifter are still here so they move ahead of two thousand. he shouted mama. they will shoot do they do with the whole the whole deal with the whole deal they were to do
policies rather than afghan policy he said so this is a very big coup for the taliban they will have to deal with. with his hard line for a while. and the struggle for land rights in israel there is one place that's still a no go area fifty years ago it was a thriving palestinian community but it was driven out and now israel's eyeing it up as a luxury getaway artie's policy or has the story. this old in the mountains of jerusalem of the remains of a once bustling out community only the...
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city of peshawar where the explosions happened life the areas where militants are known to operate taliban and al qaeda linked bombers have killed four thousand five hundred people in pakistan since two thousand and seven attacks mainly aimed at security forces have been on the rise as the killing of osama bin laden in may. our next all of it is business deals with me a with. us a global markets continue to suffer from the high dollar still the u.s. has just opened positively but that was also the case in europe and russia earlier in the day and then we saw red all across the board this side of the atlantic and there's a little in the way of fresh news to provide directions that it's being sentiment driven as. from a guy with capital markets explain some of that is close to that. i think we are already in a kind of panic more since about two weeks because equity markets lost enormously there's a brutal price action going on in markets right now and as you said i mean the volatility is very very high we see in the mornings the markets going up in the afternoon they're going down again there
city of peshawar where the explosions happened life the areas where militants are known to operate taliban and al qaeda linked bombers have killed four thousand five hundred people in pakistan since two thousand and seven attacks mainly aimed at security forces have been on the rise as the killing of osama bin laden in may. our next all of it is business deals with me a with. us a global markets continue to suffer from the high dollar still the u.s. has just opened positively but that was also...